tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post8776214568777775912..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Jack Tar: book launchRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-41549120188479281072008-08-27T23:41:00.000-07:002008-08-27T23:41:00.000-07:00I wonder, having read Egginton ... is he any more ...I wonder, having read Egginton ... is he any more dispassionate?<br><br>It's impossible to be very sure about anything that's now past, and I've not done any reading around the subect. Still ... I have to say that the usual stereotypical image of naval shipboard life seems very plausible in view of the physical constraints and what happens in similarly isolated communities under military and survival stresses in our own times.Felix Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02671307886543109425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-32413200854542055452008-08-28T03:52:00.000-07:002008-08-28T03:52:00.000-07:00A specific, as I recall, on the kinds of areas tha...A specific, as I recall, on the kinds of areas that are questionable: the food, that's often portrayed as a starvation diet (in movies, you see them picking at a couple of weevily biscuits and a little cube of grotty cheese garnished with a maggot). This picture doesn't mesh with the documented heroic level of physical effort needed for a crew to operate a ship-of-the-line. That suggests - whatever the aesthetics and vitamin value - the food at least was adequately calorific. See <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feeding-Nelsons-Navy-Story-Georgian/dp/1861762887" rel="nofollow">Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era</a></i>, Janet Macdonald, Chatham Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1861762887.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-4893219852811430992008-08-28T11:24:00.000-07:002008-08-28T11:24:00.000-07:00Point taken.I was mistakenly and lazily fixating o...Point taken.<br><br>I was mistakenly and lazily fixating on physical and psychological behaviours.Felix Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02671307886543109425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-7914544229326270462008-09-14T07:52:00.000-07:002008-09-14T07:52:00.000-07:00How accurate is the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patri...How accurate is the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian?Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-52190328345597925812008-09-14T08:27:00.000-07:002008-09-14T08:27:00.000-07:00Very, judging by the reviews and O'Brian's...Very, judging by the reviews and O'Brian's <i>Guardian</i> obituary ("renowned for the historical accuracy of his books").Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com